In addition to the annual LALS Heritage Lecture and the LAS Celebration of Women Lecture, the LALS program co-sponsors a number of free public events that provide our students and the greater Louisville community with the opportunity to learn more about the diverse cultures of Latin America. These include the annual Latin American Film Festival, the Living la Vida Loca: Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Festival, as well as artistic performances by musicians, dancers, and theatrical troupes, and numerous lectures by visiting guest speakers, particularly writers, anthropologists, historians, and experts in the field of political science.

  Past Co-Sponsored Events

Spring 2011

• Wednesday, April 6, 2011: 4th Annual Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Showcase; 3:00-4:30pm; Shumaker Research Building, Room 139.
  
  

• May 3-31, 2011: 9th Annual Study Abroad Program in Panama; Travel dates: May 9-31, 2011; Co-sponsors: LALS Program and the Department of Communication.

Fall 2010

• Thursday, September 16, 2010: Salsa in the Infield Fiesta: Hispanic Heritage Celebration; 3:00-9:00 pm Co-sponsors: Adhawks Advertising and Public Relations, Hispanic Latino Business Council, Hispanic Latino Coalition, and LALS, among many others.

• Thursday, September 30, 2010: “Brazil: Globalization, Human Rights and Sustainability” presented by Binka Le Breton, Author and Director of the Iracambi Research Center; 9:30-10:45; Shumaker Research Building 139. Co-sponsors: Political Science Department, LALS, and Brazilian Studies.

• Wednesday, October 6, 2010: The 9th Annual LALS Heritage Lecture, “Caves, Codices, and Comics: Drawing Stories, Painting Words” presented by the Renowned Artist Brian Nissen; 4:30-5:30 pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium of Ekstrom Library. Co-sponsors: LALS, Fine Arts Department and the Hite Art Institute, Rare Books Department of Ekstrom Library, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Department of English, Liberal Studies, and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Reception, 6:00-7:00pm (following lecture), at the Hite Art Gallery in Schneider Hall, catered by Los Aztecas.

• Monday, September 27 – Tuesday, November 15, 2010: Exhibit of Works by Brian Nissen; Hite Art Gallery; Schneider Hall. Co-sponsors: LALS, Fine Arts Department and the Hite Art Institute, Rare Books Department of Ekstrom Library, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Department of English, and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft.

• Wednesday, October 20, 2010: "The Challenges of the Mexican Judicial System: With Special Reference to Public Safety" by Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, Professor of Law and Rector of la Universidad de Guanajuato; 12:00-1:00; Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Co-sponsors: LALS and the Brandeis School of Law. Lunch catered by Los Aztecas.

• October 14 – November 15, 2010: “El Grabado Mexicano/Mexican Engravings: A Visual History of Mexico’s Struggle for Independence”; Dario Covi Gallery, Schneider Hall. Co-sponsors: KIIS and the Ministry of Culture of Michoacán, the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Department of Fine Arts and the Hite Art Institute, and LALS.

• Thursday, October 28 – Saturday, November 6, 2010: Downtown Day of the Dead Celebration. LALS will co-sponsor this celebration in collaboration with our Community Partner Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, the UofL Arts and Culture Partnerships Initiative, Fine Arts Department and the Hite Art Institute, and Brown-Forman. LALS will erect altars at KMAC to the victims of the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes, and in Gallery X of Schneider Hall, LALS and Fine Arts will erect an altar to those who perished while constructing the Panama Canal. Grand Celebration will be held at KMAC on Trolley Hop Night, Friday, November 5, 2010; 5:00-10:00pm.

• Wednesday, November 3, 2010: Impacto Project Photography Exhibit/Lecture and Celebration of Panamanian Independence Day; 4:30-6:00; Guest Speaker, Impacto Project Founder Anayansi Prado; Reception in Gallery X of Schneider Hall. Co-sponsors: Impacto Project, LALS, Fine Arts Department and the Hite Art Institute, Department of Communication, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Honors Program, and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft. Impacto Project Photography Exhibit; October 14 - November 15, 2010.

• Friday, November 12, 2010: “Puerto Rican Culture and Identity” by Puerto Rican author Dr. Carmen Montañez; 11:00-11:50; Humanities Rm. 122. Sponsored by LALS and the Department of Pan-African Studies and Caribbean Studies.

Spring 2010

• "From My Altitude: A Touring Exhibit by Antonio Guerrero"; February 5-19, 2010.  Main floor, Ekstrom Library. 
  Co-sponsors: Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean, The Henry Wallace Brigade, UofL Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, LALS, and UofL Ekstrom Library Exhibits and Programs Committee.
• "From My Altitude" Opening Reception and Poetry Reading; February 18, 2010, 4:30-6:30pm; Bingham Poetry Room, Ekstrom Library. 
  Co-sponsors: Kentucky Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean, The Henry Wallace Brigade, UofL Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, LALS, and UofL Ekstrom Library Exhibits and Programs Committee.
• Humana Festival Playwright on Campus: Lisa Dillman, "Ground," and the Problem(s) of the Border; Q&A session; February 18, 2010, 1:00-2:00pm; Thrust Theater. 
  Co-sponsors: Department of Theater Arts, the Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society; the English Department Diversity Committee, Book in Common Program, and LALS.
• "Palabras en fuga: Poesía mexicana en el nuevo milenio," Spanish Keynote Lecture by Professor Jacobo Sefamí of the University of California-Irvine; February 19, 2010, 3:15-4:30pm; Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900; Elaine Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library. 
  Co-sponsors: Louisville Conference, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, and LALS.
• International Tea for Body Appreciation Body Awareness Week; February 24, 2010, 12:00-1:00pm; Cultural Center.
  Co-sponsors: Cultural Center, Campus Health Center, and LALS.
• "David Alfaro Siqueiros: Artist and Revolutionary," a lecture by Professor Christopher Fulton of UofL; March 3, 2010, 1:00-2:00pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library.
  Co-sponsors: Department of Fine Arts and LALS.
• "Poetry and Place: Translating Natalia Toledo's Zapotec Roots," a presentation by Professor Clare Sullivan of UofL; March 8, 2010, 3:00-5:00pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library.
  Co-sponsors: The Women and Global Issues Committee and the Commission on the Status of Women and LALS.
• “Did Mexico Have a Revolution?: A Critical Analysis of What It Has Meant for Mexicans,” a presentation by Professor Cony Márquez Sandoval of la Universidad de Guanajuato; March 9, 2010; 4:30-5:30pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library.
  Co-sponsors: History Department, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Sociology Department, and LALS.
• Public Lecture in Dr. Buchanan’s Spanish 404 class, Professor Cony Márquez Sandoval of la Universidad de Guanajuato; March 10, 2010, 1:00-2:15pm; Bingham Humanities 202.
  Co-sponsors: Department of Classical and Modern Languages and LALS.
• “To Perpetuate the Mexican Revolution Ideals: The Second Generation of Nationalistic Artists,” a Brown Bag Lunch presentation by Professor Cony Márquez Sandoval of la Universidad de Guanajuato; March 11, 2010, 12:30-1:30p.m.; Lutz Hall Rm. 137.
  Co-sponsors: Hite Art Institute and Department of Fine Arts and LALS.
• Let’s Talk Lunch; Women History Month; March 24, 2010, 12:00-1:00pm; Cultural Center.
  Co-sponsors: Cultural Center, Women’s Center, and LALS.
• 3rd Annual Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Showcase; April 7, 2010, 3:00-4:30pm; Shumaker Research Building, Room 139.
• “Intimate Encounters: Mexican Modernists and the Female Nude,” a lecture by Dr. Adriana Zavala; April 8, 2010, 6:00pm; Speed Museum Auditorium.
  Co-sponsors: Hite Art Institute and the Department of Fine Arts, and LALS.
  

Fall 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009; “The Other Side of Immigration;” A Documentary Film and Q&A with Director Roy Germano; Floyd Theater; SAC; 7:30pm. Co-sponsors: Book-in-Common Program, LALS, and Student Activities.

Monday, September 14, 2009; “Señorita Extraviada”; Film Screening and Discussion of common themes found in the Book-in-Common The Devil’s Highway; Chao Auditorium; 5:00-7:00pm.  Co-sponsors: Book-in-Common Program, LALS, and PEACC.

Thursday, September 17, 2009; 2-3:30 pm; Hum. 300; Information Session for the 2009 Downtown Day of the Dead Celebration. LALS will sponsor a campus information session on creating Day of the Dead altars for the downtown celebration.

Thursday, September 24, 2009; Lecture by Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway, the 2009 First Year Initiatives Book-in-Common. Middleton Auditorium, Strickler Hall, 6:00 pm.  Co-sponsors: the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, Cultural Center, First Year Initiatives, LALS, McConnell Center, PEACC, and Student Activities Board.

Friday, October 2, 2009; Campus visit of Dr. Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino, Rector de la Universidad de Guanajuato; 11:00-11:50am; Hum. 202; Dr. Guerrero Agripino will give a presentation in Spanish about the University of Guanajuato and the city of Guanajuato.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009; The 8^th Annual LALS Heritage Lecture “Sociocultural Issues in Intra-Caribbean Migration;” 4:30-5:30pm; Chao Auditorium.  Dr. Lancelot Cowie, founding Director of the Center for Latin America and the Caribbean at the University of West Indies, will lecture on Social Justice in the Caribbean. Co-sponsors: LALS, the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, the Cultural Center, Pan African Studies, and the Sociology Department.

Monday, October 12, 2009; Latino/Multicultural College Fair; Multipurpose Room in the SAC; 9:00-2:00pm. Volunteers needed!  Co-sponsors: UofL’s LALS Program and the Cultural Center, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Kentucky State University, & Kentucky Migrant Education.

Thursday, October 15, 2009; Screening and Q&A with Alex Rivera, Director of the film “Sleep Dealer.” Speed Museum Auditorium; 5:30pm.  Prior to screening, Mr. Rivera will screen and discuss his documentary, “The Sixth Section”, a film about transnational Mexican immigration from 1:00-2:15 pm in Chao Auditorium.  Co-sponsors: the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, LALS, Book-in-Common Program, Speed Art Museum, and the Louisville Film Society.

Thursday, October 8 – Saturday, November 8, 2009; “The Women of Michoacán: Art and Artists” in University of Louisville, Hite Galleries, Schneider Hall, Louisville, KY.  Reception October 29, 2009; 5:00-7:00 pm, in Hite Galleries.  Co-sponsors: KIIS and the Ministry of Culture of Michoacán, the Hite Art Institute, and LALS.

Thursday, October 29 – Saturday, November 7, 2009; Downtown Day of the Dead Celebration. LALS will co-sponsor this celebration in collaboration with the UofL Arts and Culture Partnerships Initiative and the Hite Art Institute. Altars will be erected at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, the Louisville Science Center, Frazier International History Museum, and 21c Hotel Museum.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009; “The Struggle for Sexual Rights and the Transgender Community.” Elaine Chao Auditorium; 3:00-4:15pm; Lecture by Silvia Martínez, Coordinator of the L.A. and Caribbean Trans Network (Red LAC Trans) and Vivian Stromberg, Executive Director of MADRE.  Women’s and Gender Studies lecture series on Representing Sex and Gender.

LALS Co-sponsorship with Cultural Center Events:
"Let's Talk Lunches", "A Colloquium on Diversity, Over Lunch!" , and International Teas
For details, visit http://www.louisville.edu/culturalcenter/programs

Spring 2009

• International Teas at The Cultural Center: January 22; February 26; April 2, 2009; 12:00-1:00p.m. Free and open to the public. Lunch is provided.  Co-sponsored by LALS

• Keynote Hispanic Lecture at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900:“La literatura puertorriqueña: choque de culturas” by Dr. Manuel Martínez-Maldonado, UofL Vice-President for Research, poet and novelist. February 20, 2009; 3:15-4:30 pm. at Elaine Chao Auditiorium at Ekstrom Library Auditorium. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by LALS

• Film Screening of Anayansi Prado’s “Children in No-Man’s Land” Monday, March 23, 2009; 12:00-1:00; Elaine Chao Auditorium; Co-sponsored by LALS, English Department, and the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society.

• Service Learning Fair: Wednesday, March 25, 2009; 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Humanities Rm. 300; Participating groups: Latin American and Latino Studies, the Office of Service Learning, International Studies Abroad, and service organizations throughout the Louisville Metro area.

• 2009 Minx Auerbach Lecture in Women's and Gender Studies: Lecture by the filmmaker Anayansi Prado. March 25, 2009; 6:00 p.m. at the Speed Museum Auditorium. Co-sponsored by LALS and the Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society

• The History Department’s Annual Gottschalk Lecture: “Why Was There No "Scramble for Latin America (1850-1930)” by Dr. Alan Knight (Oxford University); March 30, 2009; 4:00- 5:00 p.m.; Elaine Chao Auditorium at Ekstrom Library; Co-sponsored by LALS and the Cultural Center 

• The 2^nd Annual Latin American and Latino Studies Showcase: April 8, 2009; 3:30-4:30 p.m., Belknap Research Building 139; Guest speakers: Lewis Fellows Dr. Christine Ehrick and Dr. Clare Sullivan

Fall 2008

• Public Lecture: “Ritos y mañas en la novela caribeña”; by Puerto Rican Author Carmen Montañez; Tuesday, November 18, 2008; 4:30-5:30; Humanities 202; Sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies

• “Rebuilding Local Food Economies”; Presented by Rodrigo Lopes of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement; November 5, 2008, 10-11 a.m., UofL Ford Hall, room 407; Co-sponsored by Agricultural Missions, Community Farm Alliance, World Hunger Year, Grassroots International, Latin American and Latino Studies, Brazilian Studies, and the Department of Political Science.

• Day of the Dead Celebration; November 3, 2008; U of L Red Barn, 10:00-2:00; Altar Installation in Ekstrom Library; October 27 to October 31, 2008. Organized by the Spanish Division of the Department of Classical and Modern Language. Co-sponsored by the The Modern Languages Fund, Latin American and Latino Studies, the Spanish Club, the Lewis Educational Fund, the Brazilian Studies Program, Al Día en América, and Arco Iris Latino.

• Downtown Louisville Day of the Dead Altar Installation and Celebration; The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and 21c Museum ; November 1-8, 2008; Co-sponsored by the A & S Committee on Communities and Cultures, Department of Fine Arts, Latin American and Latino Studies, 21C Museum Hotel, and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft.

• Fourteenth Ibero-American Film Festival! October 23-25, 2008; UofL Belknap Campus and Bellarmine University; Co-sponsored by The Spanish Section of UofL’s Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Bellarmine University’s Department of Global Languages and Cultures, the Lewis Education Fund, the Modern Languages Fund, the Spanish Club, and the Latin American and Latinos Studies Program.

• Lecture by Dominican-American Writer Junot Díaz; Thursday, October 23, 2008; Elaine Chao Auditorium of Ekstrom Library; 7:30p.m. Co-sponsored by the Axton Reading Series; English Department, and Latin American and Latino Studies.

• Simón Sedillo International Film Tour: “Effects of Globalization in Oaxaca, Mexico”; Presented by the Human Rights Documentary Filmmaker Simón Sedillo; Friday, October 10, 2008; 7:30 pm; UofL’s Floyd Theater; Co-sponsored by the Anthropological Student Association (ASA) and the Anthropology Department, Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society, Latin American and Latino Studies, KY Interfaith Taskforce on Latin America and the Caribbean (KITLAC), Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA).

• The 7^th Annual LALS Heritage Lecture: “Fair Trade: Transforming Globalization in Latin America”; Presented by Dr. Laura Raynolds, Co-Director, Center for Fair & Alternative Trade Studies and Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University; Wednesday, October 1, 2008; 4:30-5:30; Elaine Chao Auditorium; Co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department, the College of Business, The Cultural Center, Latin American and Latino Studies, and the Sociology Department.

• Concert by Ecuadorian Classical Guitarist Terry Pazmiño; Thursday, September 25, 2008; Humanities Rm. 100; 7:30-8:30 pm. Co-sponsored by the Cultural Center, Kentucky Humanities Council, the Kentucky Institute for International Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, and the Modern Languages Fund.

• “Dream Chasers: The Art of Living on the Backside”; April 14 - December 31, 2008; Exhibit at the Kentucky Derby Museum; Latin American and Latino Studies collaboration with the Kentucky Derby Museum and the Klein Family Learning Center

Spring 2008

• “Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Policy, Practice and Activism”; Presented by Dr. Tom Hansen, Director of the Mexican Solidarity Network; Friday, January 25, 2008, 1:00-2:00 pm; Ford Hall; Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies and the Department of Political Science.
  
• Film Screening of Documentary Film on Hugo Chávez: ¿Puedo Hablar? May I Speak?; Presented by Director Christopher Moore; Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 3:00-4:30 pm; Floyd Theater.  Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies, the Honors Program, the Institute for Democracy and Development, the McConnell Center, and the Department of Political Science.
  
• "In Theatrical Translation, There is No Lack of Conflict"; Keynote Hispanic Lecture at the Annual Louisville Conference on Culture and Literature Since 1900 by Dr. Phyllis Zatlin, Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of the Translation and Interpretation Services at Rutgers University; Friday, February 22, 2008; 3:15-4:30 pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium.  Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies and the Louisville Conference.
  
• Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice and Engaged Scholarship Symposium; Thursday and Friday, April 3-4, 2008; Brandeis School of Law.  Latin American and Latino Studies was one of fourteen campus co-sponsors.
  
• Dream Chasers: The Art of Living on the Backsider
  

2007 Events

•  "La escritura, un desafío: La memoria en la ficción"; Presented by Perla Suez, Argentine writer, at the Annual Louisville Conference on Culture and Literature Since 1900; Friday, February 23, 2007.  Co-sponsored by the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, and the Louisville Conference on Culture and Literature Since 1900.
  
•  Public Lecture on “Translating the Music of Poetry”; Presented by Alexis Levitin, Professor of English at SUNY - Plattsburgh; Wednesday, March 28, 2007.  Co-sponsored by the Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Latin American and Latino Studies, and Portuguese Studies.
  
• “Poesía, narrativa y música en la cultura puertorriqueña”; Presented by Dr. Manuel Martínez-Maldonado, Executive Vice-President of Research at the University of Louisville; Wednesday, September 26, 2007. 
  
• 6th Annual LALS Heritage Lecture: "Latino Immigration in the Midwest: The Flight for Decency and Dignity"; Presented by Dr. Dan La Botz, an independent scholar, j0urnalist, and activist; Monday, October 22, 2007; Elaine Chao Auditorium.  Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies, the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, the Department of Pan-African Studies Department, the Department of Sociology, and the Social Change Program.
  
• “Challenges Facing New and Established Latino Communities: A Dialogue”; Featuring panelists Gabriela Alcalde, Stephen Bartlett, Ron Crouch, Alex Hernández, Dan La Botz, Claudia Peralta-Mudd, Attica Scott, and moderator Enid Trucios-Haynes; Tuesday, October 23, 2007; 4:30-5:30 pm; Elaine Chao Auditorium.
  
• César Vallejo's Complete Poetry Lecture; Presented by Clayton Eshleman, an award-winning poet and translator; Wednesday, November 28, 2007; Bingham Poetry Room.  Co-sponsored by The Department of Classical and Modern Languages, the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, the Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society, and the Anne & William Axton Reading Series.
  

2006 Events

• Mexican Writer Cecilia Urbana Presents Keynote Spanish Address at the Annual UofL 20th Century Lecture and     Culture Conference.
• Elin Luque, Professor of the Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, Presents a Lecture on a Popular Mexican Art Form.
• Cultivating Equality in Brazil: The Landless Rural Workers Movement.
• Claudia Gómez Haro, Director of the Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm, Lectures on Africa’s Presence in     Contemporary Cuban Art.
• LAS Co-sponsors the Spanish Club’s Celebration: A Moment in Latin America.
• Alejandro Portes Delivers the 5th Annual LAS Heritage Lecture: “The New Latin Nation: Immigration & the     Hispanic Population of the US.”
• Living La Vida Loca 2006: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage.
• Day of the Dead Event at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft.
• U of L’s XII Annual Latin American Film Festival and the Latin American Jewish Film Festival.

2005 Events

• Exile Dreams, Exile Loss: The Grammar of Contested Memory in Selected Literature of Hispanic Diasporas.”
• Latin American Studies Inaugurates Celebration of Women Lecture Series.
• Anthropologist Elayne Zorn Explores Social Repercussions of Tourism.
• Argentine Writer Alicia Kozameh Returns to U of L.
• The 4th Annual LAS Heritage Lecture: Explore Jewish-Argentine Identity. – by Darrell Lockhart
• U of L’s XI Annual Latin American Film Festival.
• Living La Vida Loca 2005: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage.  

2004 Events

• The 10th Annual Latin American Film Festival.
• 3rd Annual LAS Heritage Lecture: “From Serfdom to Secretary of States in 36 Years: Ecuador’s Indigenous Rights Movement.” By Lynne Meisch
• Latin American Studies Sponsors Campus Visit of Argentine Writer Tununa Mercado.
• Living La Vida Loca 2004: A Celebration for Hispanic Heritage.
• Mexican Author Juanita Garciagodoy Prepares Students for “El Día de los Muertos.”
• The Annual Gottschalk Lecture: Migration and Modernity in the Western Hemisphere.
• U of L 20th Century Literature Conference: “Scenes from The Empty Chalices: Life and Poetry of Delmira     Agustini by Judy Veramendi.”
• “The Art of Giving Thanks: The Exvotos in Museum of the Basílica of Guadalupe” by Elin Luque.
• “Narrativa argentina en la posdictadura.”Keynote Spanish lectura by the Argentine writer Ana María Shua.

2003 Events

• Living La Vida Loca Celabates Hispanic Culture.
• Destination Cuba: The IX Latin American Film Festival.
• 2nd Annual Latin American Studies Heritage Lecture Presented by Cuban Writer, Dr, Gustavo Pérez Firmat.
• Mexican Activist Speaks about NAFTA.
• “Globalization From Below” in Latin America: Rural Justice Tour.
• Tres Vidas, Chamber Music Theater Production.
• Latin American Studies co-sponsor Poetry Recital by Fernando Operé.

2002 Events

• The 8th Annual Latin American Film Festival.
• El Día de los Muertos.
• David William Foster  Speaks on Gender Issues in Contemporary Argentina.  
• 1st Annual Latin American Studies Heritage Lecture Presented by Mexican Writer Alberto Ruy Sánchez.